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What is "to bank a fire"

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To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or
fortify with a bank; to embank. ``Banked well with
earth.'' --Holland.

To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.

To pass by the banks of. [Obs.] --Shak.

(Engineering) To build (a roadway or railroad) with an
inclination at a curve in the road, so as to counteract
centrifugal forces acting on vehicles moving rapiudly
around the curve, thus reducing the danger of vehicles
overturning at a curve; as, the raceway was steeply banked
at the curves.

To bank a fire, To bank up a fire, to cover the coals or
embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low
but alive.